Cognitive explanations- A03
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- Cognitive explanations- A03
- Research support for level of moral reasoning
- 1. Palmer and Hollin compared moral reasoning between 210 female non-offenders, 122 male no-offenders and 126 convicted offenders using the Socio-moral Refection Measure- Short Form (SRM-SF) which contains 11 moral dilemma- related questions.
- 2. The criminal group showed less mature moral reasoning that the non-criminal group which is consistent with Kohlberg’s predictions.
- The sample is gender bias (moral reasoning)
- 1. According to Gilligan (1977), because Kohlberg’s theory was based on an all-male sample, the stages reflect a male definition of morality (it’s androcentric).
- 2.Men’s' morality is based on abstract principles of law and justice, while women’s' is based on principles of compassion and care.
- 3.Further, the gender bias issue raised by Gilligan is a reminded of the significant gender debate still present in psychology, which when ignored, can have a large impact on the results obtained through psychological research.
- There’s a lack of ecological validity (moral reasoning)
- 1. Most of the dilemmas are unfamiliar to most people (Rosen, 1980).
- 2. For example, it is all very well in the Heinz dilemma asking subjects whether Heinz should steal the drug to save his wife
- 3. However, Kohlberg’s subjects were aged between 10 and 16.
- 4. They have never been married, and never been placed in a situation remotely like the one in the story.
- 5 How should they know whether Heinz should steal the drug?
- Research support for level of moral reasoning
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